ATTITUDES, UTILIZATION AND BACTERIAL COLONISATION OF INPATIENT MOBILE PHONES
Inpatient use of mobile phones is popular and common. However, there are risks with the use of such technology in the clinical environment, specifically bacterial phone surface contamination, noise, confidentiality and health and safety concerns. There is an association between patient MRSA nasal colonisation and mobile phone colonisation.
Li-kuei Chen
Taipei, Tw